Mishegaas

• Tradition and Its Discontents: Jewish History and Culture in Eastern Europe
• Colbert calls it quits
• The Daily Show gives Rummy a proper send-off
• The Word: Sigh
• War architect Richard Perle: “I think if [...] people had said, ‘Should we go into Iraq?,’ I think now I probably would have said, ‘No, let’s consider other strategies.”
• NY Times: Incoming Democrats Put Populism Before Ideology. “They say they were given a rare opportunity by voters, many of them independents and Republicans, who were tired of the partisanship and gridlock in Washington. Now, they say, they have to produce.”
• Ancient History: U.S. Conduct in the Middle East Since World War Il and the Folly Of Intervention
• Is Ken Mehlman in the closet?
• Against the Wall, a photoset by D_S_O
• Keep Walking, detourn of a recoup
• 10 Reasons for Anarchists to Be in Favor of Porn + Porn Up, Rape Down research study shows that pornography may reduce social violence